Annotate Software Limited
Registered name: ANNOTATE SOFTWARE LIMITED
Part of Midcap Invest UK 1 Topco Limited groupAnnotate Software Limited made £0 revenue and £1.5k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Annotate Software Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.5k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £3m | £775k | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £59k | £62k | £47.8k | £0 |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £2.9m | £727k | £0 |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 | −£1.2m | £1.5k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | −£1.2m | £1.5k |
| Profit after tax | £29.8k | −£125k | −£1.2m | £1.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £29.8k | −£125k | −£1.2m | £1.5k |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 44 | 34 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | −4.2% | −151.9% | — |
| Gross margin | 98% | 97.9% | 93.8% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £78.8k | £68k | £22.8k | £0 |
| Profit per employee | £783 | −£2.8k | −£34.6k | £758 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0% | ▼74.1% | ▼100% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼520.3% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▼22.7% | ▼94.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £961k | £118k | £4k |
| Net assets | £222k | £97k | £447 | £2k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.4m | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £12.4m | £14.8m | £118k | £4k |
| Debtors | £110k | £80.4k | £0 | £5 |
| Deferred income | £66.4k | £151k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £758
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲339%
- Now £2k
- Cash at bank
- ▼97%
- Now £4k
- Headcount
- ▼94%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Midcap Invest UK 1 Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Midcap Invest UK 1 Midco Limited75–100%
- Midcap Invest UK 1 Bidco Limited75–100%
- Umbria Topco Limited75–100%
- Umbria Midco Limited75–100%
- Umbria Bidco Limited75–100%
- Opus 2 Magnum Holdings Limited75–100%
- Annotate Software Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Opus 2 International LimitedRev. £31.6m · Profit £9.5m
- Magnum Software Development LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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